Sultan Malik was awarded $400,000 for his injuries sustained in a brutal attack by correction officers during a prison transfer.

A federal jury Friday awarded a former prisoner $400,000 for injuries he suffered after a group of state correction officers beat him bloody while he was fully restrained.

Sultan Malik, 37, of Bedford-Stuyvesant, said he was repeatedly kicked and stomped repeatedly in the head by three officers inside a van set to take him from Southport Correctional Facility to Attica on July 2, 2008.

The officers were upset that Malik had filed a grievance against one of their colleagues, the lawsuit alleges.

“It just escalated from there,” Malik recalled. “They put me in a cell encased in Plexiglas without running water, a functioning toilet, electricity and I was deprived of food."

Hable sarcastically asked if he had enough, according to Malik's court testimony.

"F--- you coward! You're a coward!" Malik replied.

Hable then jumped into the back seat and began to punch Malik in the face, the suit alleged.

Malik, with another state prisoner, Coss Marte, have opened a widely successful gym, called ConBody, located in lower Manhattan.

(Sultan Malik)

At the same time, Davis wrapped the seatbelt around Malik's throat and almost chocked him unconscious, according to the testimony.

When they arrived at Attica, Hable tried to cover up what had happened by pretending that he was being attacked by Malik, the lawsuit said.

“He tried to kill me,” Malik recalled.

The all-white jury in Rochester didn’t buy it. They awarded $100,000 for pain and suffering, and $150,000 in punitive damages against Hable and Davis each.

Hable and Davis are still active correction officers working in Southport, records show.

“That doesn’t make any sense," Malik said. “This is not the first case to go against them. Meanwhile, the taxpayers are the ones paying for these suits.”

The Correction Department is reviewing the verdict and considering its options, a department spokesman said.

Malik's lawyer hailed the verdict.

“I'm proud of the jury for focusing on the facts and not being distracted by collateral things, such as the fact that Mr. Malik was a felon," said Malik's attorney, Glenn Miller. "They clearly focused in on the credible evidence, and they clearly felt that all four officers did not tell the truth."

Malik, with another state prisoner, Coss Marte, have opened a widely successful gym, called ConBody, located in lower Manhattan. The place has over 1,500 members and another location is in the works.